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Industrial Light & Magic

Vancouver, - Canada
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VANCOUVER Creature TD

Description

Job Description

    Creature TDs are responsible for setting up and running flesh-surface, hair, cloth, rigid body simulations as well as able to wrangle rigging and creature pipeline issues proficiently under the direction and guidance of their supervisors.

  • Set up and run proprietary cloth, hair, flesh surfaces and rigid body simulations.
  • Hero-creature enveloping using a combination of commercial software packages and proprietary tools.
  • Run flesh-volume simulations.
  • Wrangle creature rigging issues for artists in other disciplines.
  • Basic proficiency in another discipline: modeling, viewpaint, TD, or animation.
  • Mentor entry level artists.
  • Script utilities/tools/plug-ins in various software packages.
  • Create dynamic simulations in packages such as Maya/XSI.
  • Wrangle creature pipeline issues for artists in other disciplines.
  • MOCAP data re-targeting in XSI/Maya.
  • Act as wrangler for a creature and/or a specific technique used across multiple creatures.
Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Visualization, or Computer Animation required.
  • At least 3 years work experience required in 3D CGI for digital animation, visual effects or producing CG characters and creatures for visual media.
  • Proficiency with Linux is required.
  • Expertise with Maya and/or other high-end animation software is required.
  • Experience with C++, MEL, Python, or other scripting languages is desirable.
  • Feature Film experience required. 
  • Experience in corrective sculpting. Knowledge of anatomy and enveloping.
  • A reel demonstrating artistic and technical ability is required for this role. 

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